Stella Gibbons

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SG was a gifted comic writer whose lively, parodic first novel, Cold Comfort Farm, was such a success that it has tended to eclipse her later achievements. Much of her writing was inspired by the work of other women writers such as Mary Webb , Ouida , and Jane Austen , who served both as influences and as targets of burlesque. SG began her career as a journalist, and in addition to novels, she also wrote poems, short stories, and a book for children.

Milestones

5 January 1902

SG was born in Kentish Town, north London.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.

8 September 1932

SG published her most famous novel, Cold Comfort Farm, a witty parody of the rural novels that had recently experienced a popular revival.
Gibbons, Stella. Cold Comfort Farm. Penguin Books.
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Oliver, Reggie. Out of the Woodshed: A Portrait of Stella Gibbons. Bloomsbury.
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19 December 1989

SG died at the age of eighty-seven.
“Obituary: Stella Gibbons”. Times, p. 16.
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Biography

Birth

5 January 1902

SG was born in Kentish Town, north London.
“Contemporary Authors”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Centre-LRC.